Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder is hoping to earn the title of Secretary Schexnayder by running for Secretary of State. Brooke Thorington has more.
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At the state capitol yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill that would increase the pay of first responders by 12-hundred dollars a year.

Also former LSU basketball player Wayne Sims has died at the age of 54, while the Pelicans lost last night to Oklahoma City to end their season.

After six-year-old Emma Bell Savoie (Sah-voy) was killed by a car in her school’s parking lot in Slidell last year, Representative Bob Owen has filed legislation to keep other students from the same fate. It’s called the “Safe Path to School Bill,” and it requires elementary schools to have safety protocols when students are dropped off and picked up.
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The legislation will be heard in the House Education Committee.

LSU Health Sciences Shreveport is involved in a study that found topical CBD can help with pain management for former elite athletes and the only side effect reported was dry skin for 50-percent of the participants…
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Doctor Kevin Murnane hopes CBD can be an option to control pain, instead of opioids.